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PRIVACY STATEMENT
The PC Mechanic (PCM) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. We've structured our web site so
that, unless you choose otherwise, you can visit The PC Mechanic on the Web without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information.
Should you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be
identified), please be assured that it will only be utilized to support your customer relationship with The PC Mechanic.
What we collect
The PC Mechanic provides this Online Privacy Statement to make you aware of our privacy policy, practices and of the
choices you can make about the way your information is collected and utilized. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available from the bottom of every PC Mechanic
web page.
On some PC Mechanic web pages, you can order services, and make requests. The types of
personal information collected at these pages are name, and contact information. Some PC Mechanic web pages use
cookies, and other technologies for data analysis.
Data Usage
The PC Mechanic uses your information to better understand your needs and
provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to
help you complete a request, to communicate back to you, to update you on
service and benefits, and to personalize our web sites for you.
Periodically, we may contact you for market research or to provide
you with service information we think would be of particular interest. We
always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such direct
marketing or market research contact.
Information Usage
The PC Mechanic does not sell, rent, or lease your
personally identifiable information to others. Unless we have your
permission, or are required by law, we only share the personal data you
provide with other PC Mechanic employees
and contractors who are acting on our behalf for the uses described
in "Data Usage". Such PC Mechanic employees
and contractors, are governed by our privacy policies with respect to the use of
this data and are bound by the appropriate confidentiality and data
protection agreements.
Children's Privacy Protection
The PC Mechanic takes special care to
protect the privacy needs of children under the age of 13 and encourages
parents to be an active participant in their child's online activities and
interests. We abide by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
requirements. The PC Mechanic web site is not intended for children. If we discover personal
data from a child through the PC Mechanic web site, we will eliminate that
data.
Cookie Usage
A cookie is a text file asking permission to be placed on your
computer's hard drive. If you agree, then your browser adds the text in a
small file. The purpose of a cookie is to help us analyze web traffic or let
us know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow a web application to
respond to you as an individual. By gathering and remembering information
about your preferences, the web application can tailor its operation to your
needs, likes and dislikes.
Cookie Usage continued
Cookies help us give you a better web site to use, by letting us monitor what's working and
what isn't through site traffic analysis. The PC Mechanic wants to be sure you understand that accepting a cookie in no way gives us
access to your computer or any personal information about you, other than the data you chose to share with us. This practice is strictly
enforced. We know that a lot of people have concerns about cookies, but in talking with many of our customers, we believe that the
benefit we both gain from their proper use is worthwhile. We value the relationships we have with our customers, so we respect these
concerns. The PC Mechanic works to continuously improve the PC Mechanic web experience and personal data privacy policy and practices.
You can set your web browser to notify you of cookie placement requests or decline cookies completely. Consult your web browser help files
for detailed instructions if you do not know how to do this.
Please click "Done!" to return to your original page.
If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please contact the
webmaster. To help us process your request, please
include all relevant contact information, and action requested (which, of course, will not be disclosed with anyone, unless you choose otherwise).
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